Coccoloba POLYGONACEiE 113 



ubove the middle ; inflorescence a panicle branching near the base, 

 lax-flowered ; rhachis and bracts tomentellous ; nodules generally 

 1-flowered ; flowers subsessile, small ; fruit not seen. Type in 

 Herb. Kew. 



In fl. Jan. ; interior of Westmoreland, Purdie ! 



Leaves 14-15 cm. 1., 9-11 • 5 cm. br. ; petioles 2 cm. 1. Ochrex 7-9 mm. 1. 

 Panicle 17 cm. 1. Bracts and ochreolfe about 1 mm. 1. ; pedicels generally 

 shorter, sometimes slightly longer, jointed at top. Perianth, tube about 

 1 mm. 1., lobes about 1'5 mm. 1., elliptical, apex rounded. 



The species occurs in tropical S. America, and is not known from the 

 West -Indies where the variety only occurs. 



2. C. Plumierii Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 162 (1859); plant 

 glabrous ; leaves large, springing from lower half of stipule, 

 broadly oblong-elliptical, obtuse or shortly acuminate, base 

 usually cordate or often subpeltate, nerves and veins prominent, 

 especially beneath ; ochrese truncate, lax, ample, deciduous ; 

 inflorescence a contracted panicle, branches (3-11) more or less 

 clustered, lax-flowered ; nodules 1-flowered ; bracts minute ; 

 pedicels of flowers almost none, of fruit about 1 '5 mm. 1., jointed 

 at base; fruit large, ovate-conical, crowned by the connivent 

 perianth-lobes. — Lindnu in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xiii. 134, t. V. f. 9 & 

 in Symh. Ant. i. 220. 



Mountain Grape. 



Wright ! Purdie ; Moneague, March ! Moneague, Prior ! Mandeville, 

 Britton, 3233 ! 



Arborescent shrub. Leaves 14-26 cm. 1., 10-17 cm. br. ; petioles 2"5- 

 4*5 cm* 1. Ochrese about 10 mm. 1. Racemes 15-25 cm. 1. Perianth, tube 

 1*5-2 mm. 1., lobes 2'5 mm. 1. Ovary about 2 mm. 1.; styles 1-6 mm. 1. 

 Fniit 18-12 mm. 1., 12-10 mm. br. ; perianth-lobes -about 3 mm. 1. 



3. C. zebra Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. U2 (1859) ; twigs 

 glabrous ; leaves attached at base of stipules, broadly elliptical, 

 obtuse or shortly acuminate, rounded or emarginate at the base, 

 glabrous ; nerves prominulous beneath, veins on both sides 

 densely reticulate ; ocKreae adpressed ; racemes lax-flowered, 

 nodules 1-flowered ; rhachis obscurely tomentellous ; pedicels 

 jointed at the top, exceeding the minute bracts and ochreolae ; 

 fruit large, ovate-conical, the lobes about ^ length of fruit. — ■ 

 Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. 135, t. V. f. 10 k in Urh. Symh. 



■ Ant. i. 220. Type in Herb. Kew. 



ZebraWood. 



Wilson I March. 



"A very large timber tree; wood variegated" (Griseb.). Leaves 20-12 

 cm. 1., 12-8 cm. br., petioles 1-5-2-5 cm. 1. Ochre/e 1-2-1-6 cm. 1. 

 Racemes 10-6 cm. 1. Pedicels 3-4 mm. 1., spreading or cernuous. Perianth, 

 tube about 2 mm. 1., 4 mm. in diam., lobes as long as or shorter than 

 tube,, puberulous. Stamens short, subincluded. Styles exserted. Fruit 

 1-6 cm. 1., l-2-*8 cm. br., lobes about 5 mm. 1. 



Timber very suitable for building purposes (Wilson). 



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